Ona

American  

[oh-nuh] / ˈoʊ nə /

noun

• Onas,
  plural
• Ona
  plural

1. a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.

2. a female given name.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Ona
  plural
• Onas
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Ona Onas

And, for me, a loaf of chocolate zucchini bread from a little Amish market and greenhouse somewhere outside Ona, West Virginia.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

This summer, Slegers has strengthened her hand with seven new players, including full-back Ona Batlle, Caldentey's compatriot, and England dynamo Georgia Stanway to stiffen midfield.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Among them are England linchpin Georgia Stanway - on a free from Bayern Munich - and Ona Batlle, the former Manchester United full-back and multiple Champions League winner from Barcelona.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Wael Hana, 40, entered the plea at a hearing before Magistrate Judge Ona Wang in federal court in Manhattan.

From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023

Also with Martha came seven enslaved people, including Ona and Austin.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

To find primitive virtues, the ethnologist must go all the way to the Onas, who lived in cold Tierra del Fuego.

From Time Magazine Archive

Raf Vallone, as her ship-tycoon husband, is healthily Hellenic in a role with obvious overtones of Onas sisism.

From Time Magazine Archive

We tried for three days to sneak Onas baby out, but the guard stood near whenever the doors were open.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

Nothing delighted the Indians more than to receive the great Onas as their guest.

From A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds by Frank Boreham

But the Onas often kill the guanaco by surrounding a bunch and running them down.

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears